Review of Boogie Nights (1997) by Brandon S — 11 Feb 2017

Bold, emotional, hilarious and unforgettable. This '90s masterpiece takes the classic rise and fall story, but plays with it in the '70s porn industry and pairs it with strong and ambitious themes. An extremely talented ensemble cast delivers a plethora of skillful performances. Paul Thomas Anderson is a master and he hit an amazing creative stride very early on in his career with this near flawless character study.

This film, however, studies the porn industry as a kind of single collective character. It's shallow, vain, naÃÃ,¯ve, and relatively unintelligent, but we see that these are human beings with aspirations and goals in life, people that are capable of love.